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Oppo abandons its BDP-831 Blu-ray Player Release?

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Old 27-10-2009, 2:25 PM   #1
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Post Oppo abandons its BDP-831 Blu-ray Player Release?

According to www.oppostore.co.uk the company have withdrawn from their planned release of the UK version of Oppo’s BD player indefinitely.* This is the message that appears on their website… After careful evaluation of the resources available, it has been determined that the release of the OPPO BDP-831 Blu-ray Disc player in Europe will be postponed indefinitely. [...]
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Old 27-10-2009, 4:18 PM   #2
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Re: Oppo abandons its BDP-831 Blu-ray Player Release?

Now confirmed that the message is genuine.
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Old 27-10-2009, 6:06 PM   #3
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Re: Oppo abandons its BDP-831 Blu-ray Player Release?

Surprised no-one has posted on here yet! That's going to be a blow to many people waiting for this....
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Old 27-10-2009, 6:21 PM   #4
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Re: Oppo abandons its BDP-831 Blu-ray Player Release?

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Surprised no-one has posted on here yet! That's going to be a blow to many people waiting for this....
Smurfin, pepople have been posting their thoughts this afternoon on the "users" thread which was made in anticipation of release:

http://www.avforums.com/forums/blu-r...andoned-8.html
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Old 27-10-2009, 6:29 PM   #5
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Re: Oppo abandons its BDP-831 Blu-ray Player Release?

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